Quote Originally Posted by NDSU1980 View Post
So is the NCAA just going to settle for a cut of the tickets sold or will the host schools have to guarantee a dollar amount or a certain number of tickets sold?
I'd assume the (higher) seeded schools will still have to meet the minimum financial guarantee to the NCAA in order to host. That would be 40k for the first round increasing by 10k per round up to 70k for the semis (page 17 at https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/cha...hampManual.pdf). So there might still be scenarios where the seeded team does not host if they don't submit a bid but at least the requirements will be spelled out if you're a higher seed and there's no guesswork or blind bids.